[Fsf-friends] Welcome to RMS

Rakesh Ambati rakesh_ambati@yahoo.com
Fri Dec 19 21:57:07 IST 2003


hi list,

   raman, indeed rms is the source of all life  and
energy of all of us(not for OSS folks,i guess ;-p ).
    
 I was reading about this two chaps in LUG of
Iraq,those guys need support,encouragement from all of
us.I wish rms give his blessing too.

http://www.linuxjournal.com//article.php?sid=7320


--- Ramanraj K <ramanraj@md4.vsnl.net.in> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Arun wrote:
> >
> >RMS should be in india from Jan 16 to Feb 2nd. 
> >Will be participating in WSF. 
> >
> As per our Tamil Calendar, Pongal, the festival of
> harvest, when the sun 
> is thanked, falls on Jan 15, 2004.  It is remarkable
> that RMS, the Sun 
> who heralded the Free Software movement will be
> visiting India at about 
> the same time.  The Sun shines on its own, and is
> the source of all life 
> and energy.  We all have more reasons to celebrate
> the harvest season 
> the forthcoming month of Thai, and the popular tamil
> proverb goes "Thai 
> piranthal vazhi pirakkum" - Thai is the harbinger of
> good tidings.  We 
> can hope that the visit of RMS to India, and the WSF
> meet will make a 
> difference in all our lives.
> 
> I am sure the FSF would have its prorammes and plans
> for the visit, but 
> I would like to stress, that there should be more
> focus on presenting 
> RMS and the activities of the FSF, to the media and
> to the public, so 
> that there is a wider awarness about the value of
> the free software 
> movement, that is being grossly unutilised in India.
>  Newspapers have 
> given excellent coverage in the past - I still
> remember an article by 
> Satish Babu in the Hindu that was titled something
> like nothing is more 
> appropriate for India, some two years ago.  There
> was another article 
> about the free software option last month in our
> papers.
> 
> There should be a good built of an electrifying
> excitement over the 
> visit of the chief guru of free software.  I never
> knew that RMS had 
> visited Chennai twice in the past, until recently. 
> Even with my own 
> limited knowledge, I know that RMS has travelled
> widely in India 
> addressing the student community in several Indian
> Universities and 
> colleges, and has visited culturally significant
> spots like, 
> Mahabalipuram.  RMS wrote that Belur-Halibedu took
> his breath away. 
>  There are several interesting facets of RMS that
> would connect him well 
> with the common public of India, and it is high time
> that we make 
> optimum use of his visit to promote use of free
> software as extensively 
> as possible.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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